Brigade E5: New Jagged Union Reviews

This game lacks in being a role-playing game, compared to the likes of its sequel and Jagged Alliance 2, the game it obviously wants to be, but it more than makes up for its shortcomings by providing excellent tactical fun, Its advantages over its sequel include being much more stable and having maps with less janky pathfinding and collision. The AI might also be better, though that is harder to determine -- there are no issues with them phasing through walls like they always do in 7.62, at least. The maps are also designed in a more interesting way in a sense that 7,62's battles mostly take place on wide open fields, and while hills and microterrain do add to the possibilities in such situations, the fact is that CQB scenarios are hardly ever present... in Brigade E5, the player often has the option of forcing the enemies into close quarters, and there are fairly frequent building clearing scenarios, which certainly adds some variety, and allows weapons like SMGs, pistols and shotguns to shine. Overall, this game is very fun and I would highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys fun in their video games. It frequently goes on sale for incredibly cheap (along with its sequel, and specifically, 7.62: Hard Life), so you'd be remiss not to try it.